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Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 102 kg

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Men's 102 kg
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
The medalists of the event (from left to right): Djuraev, Liu, Tsikhantsou
VenueParis Expo Porte de Versailles
Date10 August 2024
Competitors13 from 13 nations
Winning total406 kg
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Liu Huanhua  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Akbar Djuraev  Uzbekistan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yauheni Tsikhantsou  Individual Neutral Athletes
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61 kg49 kg
73 kg59 kg
89 kg71 kg
102 kg81 kg
+102 kg+81 kg

The men's 102 kg weightlifting competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 10 August at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.

Due to the restructuring of new weight categories, the men's 109 kg category of the previous games was replaced by the men's 102 kg category. Going into the competition, Liu Huanhua of China was the favourite, while 2022 World Champion Fares El-Bakh of Qatar and Garik Karapetyan of Armenia were also among the top contenders. Nurgissa Adiletuly of Kazakhstan was also seen as a contender but was disqualified in 2023 due to anti-doping measures. In the final, Liu won gold, followed by previous Olympic champion Akbar Djuraev of Uzbekistan with silver and Yauheni Tsikhantsou of the Individual Neutral Athletes winning bronze.

Background

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On 14 June 2022, the International Weightlifting Federation officially announced the new weight categories for the 2024 Summer Olympics, with the total medal count reduced from fourteen to ten. The men's 109 kg category of the last games, which was won by Akbar Djuraev, was replaced by the men's 102 kg category.[1][2]

At the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships, the first eligible event during the qualification timeline, 2020 Summer Olympic champion in the men's 96 kg category Fares El-Bakh placed first.[3][4] Garik Karapetyan broke the junior world record in the clean and jerk with 214 kilograms at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships, also placing first overall.[5] At the 2023 Asian Weightlifting Championships, Nurgissa Adiletuly initially placed first with a 400 kilogram total but was eventually disqualified after testing positive for a stimulant.[6][7]

Making his debut in the category, Liu Huanhua competed at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships and placed first with a total of 404 kilograms.[8] Four weeks later, although not in the timeline for the qualification period, Liu placed first and unofficially broke the two world records at the 2022 Asian Games. He lifted 233 kilograms for the clean and jerk and 418 for the total in the men's 109 kg category, though weighed less than 102 kilograms and could have lifted in the category if it was in the programme of the games.[9] The 2024 IWF World Cup was the last competition during the qualification period.[10] There, Liu placed first, setting world records in the clean and jerk with 232 kilograms and in the total with 413 kilograms.[11]

Sports Illustrated predicted that Liu would win, followed by El-Bakh in second and Karapetyan in third.[12] A writer for the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) named El-Bakh as the "man to beat".[4] Adiletuly was also seen as a medal contender.[13]

Qualification

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Qualification for every event had spots for at least twelve weightlifters coming from different National Olympic Committees (NOC). Qualification spots were eligible for the ten highest-ranked weightlifters in the IWF Olympic Qualification Ranking, the highest-ranked weightlifter representing an NOC whose continent lies outside the top ten (IWF Olympic Continental Qualification Ranking), the host nation's reserved entry and a universality place. If a spot was still available once every continent was represented in the top ten, the host nation did not send an entry, a universality place was not used, or any combination of the following, the quota place was allocated to the next highest-ranked eligible weightlifter.[10]

To be eligible for the event, all weightlifters must have competed at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships in Riyadh, 2024 IWF World Cup in Phuket, and in at least three qualifying tournaments. Apart from two compulsory events, the host country France and those eligible for universality places may have competed in a minimum of two qualifying tournaments.[10] For the men's 102 kg category, thirteen athletes were in the event, with the invitation of a Refugee Olympic Team member by the International Olympic Committee and the absence of a host entry.[14]

Qualified weightlifters[14]
Weightlifter Country Total (kg) Qualification
Liu Huanhua  China 413 Ranking
Garik Karapetyan  Armenia 401 Ranking
Fares El-Bakh  Qatar 400 Ranking
Akbar Djuraev  Uzbekistan 400 Ranking
Yauheni Tsikhantsou  Individual Neutral Athletes 400 Ranking
Jang Yeon-hak  South Korea 399 Ranking
Lesman Paredes  Bahrain 398 Ranking
Davranbek Hasanbayev  Turkmenistan 392 Ranking
Irakli Chkheidze  Georgia 392 Ranking
Don Opeloge  Samoa 391 Ranking
Wes Kitts  United States 388 Continental ranking
Ahmed Abuzriba  Libya — Universality place
Ramiro Mora Romero  Refugee Olympic Team — Refugee Olympic Team slot

Records

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The world records before the competition were the clean and jerk and total set by Li at the 2024 IWF World Cup, while the world standard of 191 kilograms in the snatch remained the same.[15] As the event was new to the Olympic program, only the Olympic standards of 186 kilograms in the snatch, 220 kilograms in the clean and jerk, and 410 kilograms in the total, stood.[16]

Records before the competition[15][16]
World Record Snatch World Standard 191 kg — 1 November 2018
Clean & Jerk  Liu Huanhua (CHN) 232 kg Phuket, Thailand 8 April 2024
Total  Liu Huanhua (CHN) 413 kg Phuket, Thailand 8 April 2024
Olympic Record Snatch Olympic Standard 186 kg —
Clean & Jerk Olympic Standard 226 kg —
Total Olympic Standard 410 kg —

Results

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The event was held on 10 August, starting at 11:30 a.m., at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.[17] Opeloge and El-Bakh were eliminated during the snatch portion of the event after failing all three of their attempts. Abuzriba had the lightest snatch of the event at 164 kilograms while Liu and Karapetyan tied with the highest with 186 kilograms; Djuraev had the second-heaviest snatch with 185 kilograms. Aburziba decided to pull-out of the event before the clean and jerk portion started. Hasanbayev had the lighest clean and jerk of the event at 190 kilograms while Liu lifted 220 kilograms as the heaviest of the event; Djuraev and Tsikhantsou tied for the second-heaviest at 219 kilograms. With a total of 406 kilograms, Liu won the Olympic title. Djuraev and Tsikhantsou placed second and third, respectively.[18][2]

Rank Athlete Nation Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Liu Huanhua  China 178 183 186 186 220 228 233 220 406
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Akbar Djuraev  Uzbekistan 180 185 189 185 219 224 232 219 404
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yauheni Tsikhantsou  Individual Neutral Athletes 176 178 183 183 214 219 228 219 402
4 Garik Karapetyan  Armenia 180 186 186 186 212 218 218 212 398
5 Irakli Chkheidze  Georgia 171 176 179 179 214 214 224 214 393
6 Lesman Paredes  Bahrain 181 186 188 181 211 218 218 211 392
7 Ramiro Mora Romero  Refugee Olympic Team 161 166 168 166 201 206 210 210 376
8 Wesley Kitts  United States 167 172 177 172 202 210 210 202 374
9 Jang Yeon-hak  South Korea 173 179 180 173 200 211 221 200 373
10 Davranbek Hasanbayev  Turkmenistan 180 187 188 180 190 190 200 190 370
— Ahmed Abuzriba  Libya 164 169 170 164 — — — — DNF
Fares El-Bakh  Qatar 178 178 178 — — — — — DNF
Don Opeloge  Samoa 170 170 170 — — — — — DNF

References

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  5. ^ "20-year-old Garik Karapetyan wins a gold medal at the European Weightlifting Championships with a world and European youth record". Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports. 22 April 2023. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023.
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